Steve Taylor from onlineclassroom.tv has kindly provided psychnews.co.uk with an excellent DVD to give away as a prize.

Classic Studies in Psychology 1 is a best selling, smashing DVD, which consists of a five short video programmes designed to give teachers the flexibility to integrate illustrative video material into their lessons. This compact DVD features original footage, up to date expert analysis and reinforcing graphics to bring five major studies to life.

The five classic studies include the Strange Situation, Bandura on Social Learning, Loftus on Eye Witness Testimony, Milgram’s Experiments on Obedience and Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment.

To win the DVD is very easy really. All you have to do is subscribe to this site (psychnews.co.uk) by entering your email into the box on the right and following a link in your email which activates your subscription.  You will then be entered into the free draw.

On April 30th your email will be picked out (somehow randomly – although I am not quite sure which random method I should use – suggestions welcome) and give the lucky recipient a week to reply to the email. If this recipient does not reply, I will do the same random procedure again until somebody wins the classic studies psychology 1 DVD.

I promise that the winner will not be an employee of psychnews (psychnews doesn’t have any employees) or any member of psychnews’ family (as nobody related to psychnews reads this blog as far as I know).

Anybody who already subscribes to this site will automatically be entered into the prize draw although you could always subscribe again with an alternative email to double your chance of winning the prize. Obviously all email addresses will have to be genuine for this crafty way of winning to work.

There is a review of the DVD here.

Following the success of Short Cuts 1 Classic Studies in Psychology, the second Short Cuts collection is being launched in early 2008. If you haven’t already purchased Classic Studies you can purchase it from onlineclassroom.tv

Research in Context: Making statistics accessible
In response to a need identified by teachers, this collection focuses on the new emphasis in the 2008 specs on integrating ‘science’ and statistical analysis into the curriculum.

Each video has been designed to appeal to a student audience: students are featured throughout and each point is grounded in clear illustrative examples.

Each of the five programmes includes a 5-minute video, PowerPoint presentation and tried and tested activities to enhance teaching and learning experiences for students.

As a special bonus the DVD also includes a statistics package, so that students can practice statistical analysis using computer software.

1 How Science Works
Using Piaget’s classic conservation experiment and Donaldson & McGarrigle’s ‘Naughty Teddy’ critique, this video provides an accessible introduction to the hypothetical-deductive method and how scientific knowledge changes and develops.

2 Descriptive Statistics
Two rival bands are vying for a record contract, but what can the producer learn from attendance at their previous concerts? How does an educational psychologist use IQ tests? Descriptive statistics made accessible with clear examples.

3 Data Presentation
A psychologist is studying lonely hearts dating, but what’s the best way of matching data and presentation? Here different types of data meet their pie chart, line graph, scatter graph and bar chart partners.

4 Data Analysis
Simple memory tests are used to give a clear visual representation of nominal, ordinal data and interval data, and how psychologists find out if their results are statistically significant? A statistical analysis package is included.

5 Data Interpretation
Data never ‘speak for themselves’. Here a questionnaire study measuring levels of aggression amongst students is used illustrate data interpretation with tests of difference and data evaluation with the key criteria of validity and reliability.

The price will be about £50.00 + VAT and the DVD should be availabile from Feb/March 2008.  As soon as the DVD is released I will post a review.  I am sure that it will it be as  good as the first Short Cuts DVD which was a real hit with my students.